Re: Second St.Elmo Depot?
Posted by South Park on
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If this is true, the first one burned early. What shows in photos into the 20th century
is a Romley-looking structure, still wearing early style telegraph entries. I have the
insulator seen in the well-known photo of the depot as an upgrade train approaches
on the curve beyond. The insulator dates to the mid-1880's.
Left, mid-1880's replacement glass from St. Elmo depot, right, original 1880 construction
glass, recovered along ROW below the Palisades.
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Second-St-Elmo-Depot-tp13857p13858.html
If this is true, the first one burned early. What shows in photos into the 20th century
is a Romley-looking structure, still wearing early style telegraph entries. I have the
insulator seen in the well-known photo of the depot as an upgrade train approaches
on the curve beyond. The insulator dates to the mid-1880's.
Left, mid-1880's replacement glass from St. Elmo depot, right, original 1880 construction
glass, recovered along ROW below the Palisades.
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